About Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925. His family settled on Corfu when Durrell was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family and Other Animals, and continuing with Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals he meets.
On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper. His adventures there are told with characteristic energy in Beasts in My Belfry. A few years later, Durrell began organising his own animal-collecting expeditions. The first, to the Cameroons, was followed by expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina and Sierra Leone. He recounts these experiences in a number of books, including The Drunken Forest. Durrell also visited many countries while shooting various television series, including An Amateur Naturalist.
In 1958 Gerald Durrell realised a lifelong dream when he set up the Jersey Zoological Park, followed a few years later by the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust.
Rosy is My Relative, his first novel, was published in 1968. Whether in a factual account of an expedition or a work of non-fiction, Gerald Durrell's style is exuberant, passionate and acutely observed. Gerald Durrell died in 1995.
On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper. His adventures there are told with characteristic energy in Beasts in My Belfry. A few years later, Durrell began organising his own animal-collecting expeditions. The first, to the Cameroons, was followed by expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina and Sierra Leone. He recounts these experiences in a number of books, including The Drunken Forest. Durrell also visited many countries while shooting various television series, including An Amateur Naturalist.
In 1958 Gerald Durrell realised a lifelong dream when he set up the Jersey Zoological Park, followed a few years later by the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust.
Rosy is My Relative, his first novel, was published in 1968. Whether in a factual account of an expedition or a work of non-fiction, Gerald Durrell's style is exuberant, passionate and acutely observed. Gerald Durrell died in 1995.
Novels
Rosy Is My Relative (1968)
The Donkey Rustlers (1968)
The Talking Parcel (1974)
aka Battle for Castle Cockatrice
The Mockery Bird (1981)
The Fantastic Flying Journey (1987)
The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure (1989)
Keeper (1990)
Toby the Tortoise (1991)
The Donkey Rustlers (1968)
The Talking Parcel (1974)
aka Battle for Castle Cockatrice
The Mockery Bird (1981)
The Fantastic Flying Journey (1987)
The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure (1989)
Keeper (1990)
Toby the Tortoise (1991)
Collections
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
The Overloaded Ark (1953)
The Bafut Beagles (1954)
Three Singles to Adventure (1954)
aka Tickets to Adventure
The Drunken Forest (1956)
My Family and Other Animals (1956)
Encounters with Animals (1958)
A Zoo in My Luggage (1960)
Island Zoo (1961)
The Whispering Land (1961)
Look At Zoos (1961)
Menagerie Manor (1964)
Two in the Bush (1966)
Birds, Beasts and Relatives (1969)
Catch Me a Colobus (1972)
Beasts in My Belfry (1973)
The Stationary Ark (1976)
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons (1977)
The Garden of the Gods (1978)
The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium (1979)
The Amateur Naturalist (1982) (with Lee Durrell)
Ark On the Move (1982)
How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist (1984)
Durrell in Russia (1986) (with Lee Durrell)
The Ark's Anniversary (1990)
The Aye-aye and I (1992)
The Corfu Trilogy (2006)
The Bafut Beagles (1954)
Three Singles to Adventure (1954)
aka Tickets to Adventure
The Drunken Forest (1956)
My Family and Other Animals (1956)
Encounters with Animals (1958)
A Zoo in My Luggage (1960)
Island Zoo (1961)
The Whispering Land (1961)
Look At Zoos (1961)
Menagerie Manor (1964)
Two in the Bush (1966)
Birds, Beasts and Relatives (1969)
Catch Me a Colobus (1972)
Beasts in My Belfry (1973)
The Stationary Ark (1976)
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons (1977)
The Garden of the Gods (1978)
The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium (1979)
The Amateur Naturalist (1982) (with Lee Durrell)
Ark On the Move (1982)
How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist (1984)
Durrell in Russia (1986) (with Lee Durrell)
The Ark's Anniversary (1990)
The Aye-aye and I (1992)
The Corfu Trilogy (2006)
Anthologies containing stories by Gerald Durrell
Short stories
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